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This may be wandering a bit OT but if all this Wifi talk ius new to you...Also do make Real Damn Sure you are using a firewall on your computer (or in the router) and that any email you send is over an account that uses SSL or https (secured and encrypted) web mails. If you are not using SSL for email, then your user name and password may be sent in the clear--and for every free wifi access point, there is someone hanging around, running a sniffer, just to see what they can find. Obviously, the same applies to online banking, where most banks are smart enough to use https secured web pages by now.
Using a hardwired computer in an internet cafe may be no safer--you simply cannot tell if someone has installed a keyboard logger (sniffer) to capture your keystrokes, again including passwords for accounts.
As usual...you'll find plenty of information on the web about security over wireless networking. Be a little paranoid about it, because identity theft can consume hundreds of hours of your time getting things fixed afterwards. If your bank offers "throwaway" one-shot credit card numbers that can be used for online and phone transactions--use that too if you'll be traveling and relying on that card.
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